Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1899 — Row Tommy Gets Mis Name. [ARTICLE]

Row Tommy Gets Mis Name.

Tommy Atkins” has become the nickname of the British soldier from the fact that the printed forms used in the army have the name “Thomas Atkins” jurinted to Indicate where the user should write his name.